# 随

| 随 | U+968F, &#38543; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-968F |
| ← 階 [U+968E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 隐 → [U+9690] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 随 |
| Simplified | 随 |
| Traditional | 隨 |

### Etymology

Simplified from 隨 (遀 → 迶) in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

### Han character

随 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB) or 難弓中卜大 (XNLYK), composition ⿰阝迶)

#### Derived characters

* 𫝡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1359, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41764
* Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4143, character 2
* Unihan data for U+968F

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see 隨 (“to follow; to listen to; to submit; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 隨).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 随 |
| Kyūjitai | 隨 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 隨)
* follow, though, notwithstanding
* while, during, according to
* to obey, submit, comply, act as one is told to

#### Readings

* Go-on: ずい (zui, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: すい (sui)
* Kun: したがう (shitagau, 随う)、まにま (manima, 随)、まにまに (manima ni, 随に)、まま (mama, 随)
* Nanori: あや (aya, 随)、みち (michi, 随)、ゆき (yuki, 随)、より (yori, 随)

#### Usage notes

* Most dictionaries proscribe historical -uwi readings すゐ (suwi), ずゐ (zuwi), つゐ (tuwi), ゆゐ (yuwi), and るゐ (ruwi).

#### Compounds

* 随(ずい)意(い) (zuii): voluntary, optional
* 随(ずい)一(いち) (zuiichi): one of the best, greatest
* 随(ずい)員(いん) (zuiin)
* 随(ずい)園(えん) (zuien)
* 随(ずい)縁(えん) (zuien)
* 随(ずい)和(か) (zuika)
* 随(ずい)感(かん) (zuikan)
* 随(ずい)喜(き) (zuiki)
* 随(ずい)契(けい) (zuikei)
* 随(ずい)行(こう) (zuikō)
* 随(ずい)坐(ざ) (zuiza)
* 随(ずい)事(じ) (zuiji)
* 随(ずい)時(じ) (zuiji): at any time
* 随(ずい)手(しゅ) (zuishu)
* 随(ずい)従(じゅう) (zuijū)
* 随(ずい)順(じゅん) (zuijun)
* 随(ずい)所(しょ), 随(ずい)処(しょ) (zuisho): everywhere
* 随(ずい)性(しょう) (zuishō)
* 随(ずい)身(しん) (zuishin)
* 随(ずい)身(じん) (zuijin)
* 随(ずい)想(そう) (zuisō)
* 随(ずい)逐(ちく) (zuichiku)
* 随(ずい)伴(はん) (zuihan)
* 随(ずい)筆(ひつ) (zuihitsu): essays, jottings, miscellaneous writings
* 随(ずい)兵(ひょう) (zuihyō)
* 随(ずい)風(ふう) (zuifū)
* 随(ずい)分(ぶん) (zuibun): very, considerably, extremely
* 随(ずい)歩(ほ) (zuiho)
* 随(ずい)和(わ) (zuiwa)
* 委(い)随(ずい), 逶(い)随(ずい) (izui)
* 気(き)随(ずい) (kizui)
* 詭(き)随(ずい) (kizui)
* 肩(けん)随(ずい) (kenzui)
* 跟(こん)随(ずい) (konzui)
* 唱(しょう)随(ずい), 倡(しょう)随(ずい) (shōzui)
* 追(つい)随(ずい) (tsuizui)
* 不(ふ)随(ずい) (fuzui)
* 附(ふ)随(ずい), 付(ふ)随(ずい) (fuzui)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 随
* ずい Grade: S
* goon
* Alternative spelling
* 隨 (kyūjitai)
Clipping of 気随 (kizui, “wandering mind; capriciousness”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡zɨi]

#### Noun

随(ずい) • (zui)
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#### Adjective

随(ずい) • (zui) $^†$-nari
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##### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | 随なら | ずいなら | zuinara |
| Continuative (連用形) | 随に$^{[1]}$ 随なり$^{[2]}$ | ずいに ずいなり | zuini zuinari |
| Terminal (終止形) | 随なり | ずいなり | zuinari |
| Attributive (連体形) | 随なる | ずいなる | zuinaru |
| Realis (已然形) | 随なれ | ずいなれ | zuinare |
| Imperative (命令形) | 随なれ | ずいなれ | zuinare |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | 随ならず | ずいならず | zuinarazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 随なれど | ずいなれど | zuinaredo |
| Causal conjunction | 随なれば | ずいなれば | zuinareba |
| Conditional conjunction | 随ならば | ずいならば | zuinaraba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 随なりき | ずいなりき | zuinariki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 随なりけり | ずいなりけり | zuinarikeri |
| Adverbial | 随に | ずいに | zuini |
| $^{[1]}$Without auxiliary verb. $^{[2]}$With auxiliary verb. ||||

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 随
* まにま Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 隨 (kyūjitai) 随意
From Old Japanese. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma̠ɲ̟ima̠]

#### Noun

随(まにま) • (manima)
* following, accompaniment, compliance

##### Derived terms

* まにまに (manima ni)
* 儘(まま) (mama)

### Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 随 – see the following entry. :
| 【儘まま】H | [noun] the same, unchanged state; state as it is [noun] (mostly in the form 儘になる (mama ni naru)) the desired or ideal state; freedom [noun] act of leaving things as it is Alternative spellings 任, 侭, まんま |
(This term, 随, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

随 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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